Man charged with amputating dog’s leg with hacksaw

Animal control officers removed seven adult dogs and four puppies from a home in Belle Glade, Fla. The owner has been arrested and charged with felony animal cruelty after it was revealed that he amputated part of one of the dog’s legs with a hacksaw.

Baptiste allegedly sawed-off half the dog’s leg because it was injured.

Luc Jean Baptiste, 48, told officials that his 10-year-old Pit Bullmix dog had an injured right front leg. According to a witness, Baptiste allegedly duct taped the dog’s mouth shut, hog-tied her, and amputated the limb with a hacksaw.

“What goes around comes around,” Sauve said. “I think whoever did this to this dog is going to be carrying a karmic debt for a long, long time.”

Karma also suffers from a severe uterine infection, leading examiners to believe she was also used for breeding. After surgery to remove the dog’s uterus and treat its leg, Karma will probably be put up for adoption.

“My initial reaction to something like this is just absolute anger,” Sauve said. “I don’t buy for one minute that someone is trying to help an animal by doing something so barbaric to it.”

An online petition for Baptiste to serve the maximum sentence and never own an animal again, if convicted, can be found at Change.org.